Acquisition
Better Buying Power 3.0: How the Pentagon hopes to save its technological advantage
The next phase of defense acquisition reform is an effort to balance strategic spending on technology with budget pressures.
Cybersecurity
ISIS cyber capability judged more 'aspirational' than operational
The terrorist group’s slick social media presence is a far cry from being able to hack critical infrastructure, cybersecurity experts say.
Modernization
DOD communications: Bringing it all together
DISA, the Army and the Air Force are expecting an RFP release for unified capabilities in a private cloud by the end of the year.
Acquisition
DARPA solicits science to connect the dots
The defense research agency’s goal is to facilitate big hypothesis generation and accelerate discovery.
Cybersecurity
Trust issues
Although tools to combat insider threats are maturing, DOD and the intelligence community know that technology is just part of the solution.
Cybersecurity
'You need to talk in terms of operational impact'
Tales from the trenches about why it's so hard to get buy-in for cyber and other IT initiatives.
Digital Government
Earmarks by another name
Legislators have a new way of targeting spending that could bring benefits and burdens for agencies.
Cybersecurity
DOD Deputy CIO: 'Cybersecurity should vary by mission'
Richard Hale says everyone playing by one set of rules inhibits innovation, including migration to a cloud and development of a mobile environment.
Cybersecurity
Security clearances, contractor oversight, NATO cyber and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Air Force CIO: Restructuring key to information dominance
Lt. Gen. Michael Basla says IT budget reporting is a "deficiency" that he hopes to begin to address before his retirement in November.
Modernization
DOD health record procurement to 'lead the way' on interoperability
The new system is intended to cover roughly 9.6 million people and will have a major impact on the market for interoperable electronic health records systems.
Acquisition
Can Better Buying Power 3.0 preserve America's tech edge?
Kendall, Hagel make the geopolitical case for improving defense acquisition as the Pentagon prepares to announce the latest version of its reform program.
Acquisition
DISA plans reboot of $12B IT contract
Encore III, a global IT vehicle for DOD, enters the pre-solicitation phase.
Cybersecurity
DARPA wants smarter ways to measure brain activity
Agency hopes to detect activity in a single neuron, from a distance -- no surgery or tissue-singeing allowed.
Acquisition
DOD releases RFP for $11 billion health record project
The long-awaited procurement will modernize military health records and must sync with Veterans Affairs systems.
Modernization
Contracting case studies, AWS security, CANES consolidation and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
DISA's Bennett preaches COTS and consolidation
The CIO of the Defense Information Systems Agency is finding that attachment to physical products is hard to shake.
Cybersecurity
Information dominance, health care secrecy and STIG approval
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Barcodes and scanners: It’s the Army, not the supermarket
The goal is relieving busy data collectors in the field from labor-intensive tasks, saving time and reducing errors, says Col. Jack Wayman.
Cybersecurity
IPv6: An answer to network vulnerabilities?
Never mind the deadline. Agencies have compelling security reasons to switch to IPv6, writes NCP Engineering's Julian Weinberger.
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